The following is a list of hospitals with the lowest 30-day mortality rates from pneumonia, according to data from CMS.
Data were pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2011 through June 2014, the most recent data available.
All the hospitals on this list have a 30-day mortality rate from pneumonia of 8.2 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 11.5 percent.
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 6.9 percent
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.1 percent
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 7.2 percent
Plantation (Fla.) General Hospital — 7.3 percent
Doctors Community Hospital (Lanham, Md.) — 7.3 percent
Harper University Hospital (Detroit) — 7.3 percent
The Methodist Hospital (Houston) — 7.3 percent
Southern California Hospital at Hollywood — 7.4 percent
White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.5 percent
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.5 percent
Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak (Mich.) — 7.5 percent
Genesys Regional Medical Center-Health Park (Grand Blanc, Mich.) — 7.5 percent
Portland (Ore.) VA Medical Center — 7.5 percent
Los Angeles Community Hospital — 7.6 percent
NYU Hospital Center (New York City) — 7.6 percent
Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.) — 7.6 percent
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach, Calif.) — 7.7 percent
Redington-Fairview General Hospital (Skowhegan, Maine) — 7.7 percent
Beaumont Hospital-Grosse Pointe (Mich.) — 7.7 percent
Benefis Hospitals (Great Halls, Mont.) — 7.7 percent
Tomball (Texas) Regional Medical Center — 7.7 percent
Rio Grande Regional Hospital (McAllen, Texas) — 7.8 percent
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center (Kirkland, Wash.) — 7.8 percent
Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Fla.) — 7.9 percent
Washington County Regional Medical Center (Sandersville, Ga.) — 7.9 percent
Ingalls Memorial Hospital (Harvey, Ill.) — 7.9 percent
St. Peter's Hospital (Albany, N.Y.) — 7.9 percent
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City) — 7.9 percent
University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center (Syracuse, N.Y.) — 7.9 percent
Paradise Valley Hospital (National City, Calif.) — 8 percent
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.) — 8 percent
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore) — 8 percent
Beaumont Hospital-Troy (Mich.) — 8 percent
Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center — 8 percent
St. Francis Hospital (Roslyn, N.Y.) — 8 percent
St. Alexius Medical Center (Bismarck, N.D.) — 8 percent
CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) — 8 percent
Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge, Mass.) — 8.1 percent
St. Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield, Mo.) — 8.1 percent
Tri Valley Health System (Cambridge, Neb.) — 8.1 percent
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (New York City) — 8.1 percent
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center (Fort Worth, Texas) — 8.1 percent
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 8.2 percent
Glendora (Calif.) Community Hospital — 8.2 percent
AHMC Anaheim (Calif.) Regional Medical Center — 8.2 percent
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 8.2 percent
Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 8.2 percent
Centura Health-Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital — 8.2 percent
Flagler Hospital (Saint Augustine, Fla.) — 8.2 percent
Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights, Ill.) — 8.2 percent
Memorial Hospital (Manchester, Ky.) — 8.2 percent
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton (Mass.) — 8.2 percent
Bayshore Community Hospital (Holmdel, N.J.) — 8.2 percent
Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.) — 8.2 percent
Reading (Pa.) Hospital — 8.2 percent
Monongahela (Pa.) Valley Hospital — 8.2 percent
Mission (Texas) Regional Medical Center — 8.2 percent